my kindle fire is stuck at twrp. yes i've read all of the forum help on it but it didn't solve it.. here is my problem.
I tried to use utility and it was installing things, and it seemed to have frozen. so i had to unplug while installing. so i think it's in fast boot load. it keeps going in to twrp mode, and it won't reboot normally. i tried wiping and installing a new rom (tried all the ones i've been told to try from other forums), but it also did not fix anything..
the utility says adb status: online but boot status: unknown.
when i try to change the bootmode to normal, it does not work..
so anybody else have solution for this?
tried but failed attemps.
1. wiping and installing new rom
2. turning off and on few times.
3. using utility to change the bootmode to normal.
can anyone else help me?
after a whole day of working on it, it finally worked!!
i just had to turn off the kindle fire, and turn on the utility and set the bootmode to normal, and then turn it on.. i guess this might have been a simple solution for some.. but i didn't read it anywhere. i hope this help someone else as well!
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Okay so I've had my Kindle Fire rooted with TWRP and FFF for a while now. I was using TWRP 2.0 and figured I needed to update it, so I ran KFU v 0.9.6 and chose to install the latest TWRP. Unfortunately it didn't do what I hoped for. Instead it got me stuck in fastboot mode. Now whenever I turn on my Kindle I just see the FFF logo, and I am unable to load TWRP or do anything else (in fact TWRP might not even be there anymore because I'm pretty sure KFU deleted it when I chose to install the latest version). When I plug my Kindle into my PC Windows will recognize it as an Android Phone, however, ADB and KFU do not recognize it. I have been stuck in fastboot mode at least three times before, so I tried doing what has worked in the past which is to load up KFU and change the bootmode to normal. It didn't work so I kept trying...then I tried reinstalling the drivers...still nothing. I have also tried the Kindle Unbrick program which didn't help. Whenever I type the command "adb devices" it shows no devices attatched. I have tried pretty much everything else I could find on the internet and read through a countless number of threads which were of no help at all. By the way I have read about factory cables, but I don't have the money for one so I'm hoping there is another way to get past this mess. So if anyone has any ideas on how to fix this please help me out. Thanks.
What ROM were you using before you decided to update TWRP?
soupmagnet said:
What ROM were you using before you decided to update TWRP?
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I had just switched back to the stock ROM 6.3.1
Nevermind I was able to get it out of fastboot using firekit. I guess my problem was just Windows and non working drivers. But hey I would still appreciate some help on properly installing the latest TWRP and FFF preferably with Linux.
Hello bricked my Kindle about 5 months ago, and I tried everything I could to unbrick it. I recently started to attempt to unbrick it again and ran into the same problems.
OS - Windows 7 x64
KF - Kindle Fire (I got this around December 2011) (Firmware unknown)
Problem - Kindle Fire is stuck on the screen which says "kindle fire." Nothing else happens.
How did you cause this problem? - I was trying to install Cyanogen Mod, and my friend said he knew how to do it. Obviously he didn't.
Was the recovery installed prior to installing the mod? - No.
Have you installed SDK? - Yes.
Does ADB detect device? - No, I've been searching this forum time and time again for new instructions or new ways to do it. Reading other threads, it seems to be a driver problem. Yes, I've uninstalled it, and reinstalled it. I'm installed the driver the old way (Going to extras/google/usb_driver) then I tried the KFU's exe then I tried Amazon's way. Currently, the device (in Device Manager) is named Android ADB Interface. However, if I disconnect the device and reconnect it, it will give me "Unknown Device" and "Windows has stopped this device because it has reported problems. (Code 43)".
EDIT:I just noticed this is probably in the wrong section. Sorry! If it is, could a MOD move it please?
Additional Information - The Kindle Fire was rooted by me, and I did get ADB working before. Unfortunately, right now I cannot get it working. I believe if I can start ADB, that the KFU should do the trick. Also, if anyone has additional time and is feeling generous, I am more than happy to do Teamviewer to try and solve this problem.
I will continue trying to tackle this on my own. Thank you for your time.
~Cesgore.
My resources.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1887026
https://developer.amazon.com/sdk/fire/connect-adb.html
https://developer.amazon.com/sdk/fire/setup.html
https://developer.amazon.com/sdk/fire/connect-adb.html
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1414566
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2005989
What CM build were you trying to attempt? what version of KFU did you try? I assume you have TWRP or CWM installed? and finally, is the Kindle Fire logo the regular one or is it blue?
Hopefully the answers that you give me will help, and I hope that I can help you too.
I think I got the same problem, and I'm a big noob.
Kindle Fire is stuck at the blue "Kindle Fire" screen, when I go on either recovery or normal boot it just hangs on "booting".
I did not install TWRP so I'm screwed. Tried adb reboot and some fastboot commands in order to change booting stuff so I can fix it up.
I was trying to install ICS through this guide: techhive.com/article/258452/how_to_install_ice_cream_sandwich_on_your_kindle_fire.html?page=2 (I'm not spamming :[ )
I did thesse steps:
fastboot -i 0x1949 flash recovery C:\kfu\software\openrecovery-twrp-blaze-2.1.1.img
3. Change the boot mode to Recovery:
fastboot -i 0x1949 oem idme bootmode 5001
4. Reboot into TWRP:
fastboot -i 0x1949 reboot
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Right after I tried to reboot into TWRP it just got stuck into "Booting".
I have no idea what to do now :/
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SO for some strange reason, it booted back to the default KF OS.
I unplugged my KF and turned it off, booted my Ubuntu partition, plugged the kindle back in and turned it on... it booted normally.
I'm gonna try and redo all the process, maybe SouKit can help you with this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1850038
Not quite sure if it'll help in your case, but I've seen threads with people solving similar problems with it.
This thread did it for me http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1750250
I used SoupKit to get the kindle into fastboot, then I installed TWRP through SoupKit.
After that I put in my ICS rom in Kindle's sdcard.
Booted up TWRP and installed ICS...
That's what I did, maybe it can help you out in case the other solutions don't work.
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What CM build were you trying to attempt? what version of KFU did you try? I assume you have TWRP or CWM installed? and finally, is the Kindle Fire logo the regular one or is it blue?
Hopefully the answers that you give me will help, and I hope that I can help you too.
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I apologize for the late reply.
What CM build were you trying to attempt?
CM 7
what version of KFU did you try?
KFU 0.9.6
I assume you have TWRP or CWM installed?
As for TWRP/CWM I sadly don't think that was installed.
is the Kindle Fire logo the regular one or is it blue?
Regular Logo
Thank you everyone else, I will follow your links and see if it helps.
Cesgore,
Try going into the KFU and installing TWRP with the kindle attached to the computer and see if it installs. It's okay if KFU doesn't see the device, just try it anyway. This worked for me and I was able to get into recovery. If not try installing FireFireFire the same way with KFU.
Also, is your Kindle showing up in device manager at all?
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Cesgore,
Try going into the KFU and installing TWRP with the kindle attached to the computer and see if it installs. It's okay if KFU doesn't see the device, just try it anyway. This worked for me and I was able to get into recovery. If not try installing FireFireFire the same way with KFU.
Also, is your Kindle showing up in device manager at all?
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Whoa. Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa. By some miracle I just connected it and a the drivers decided to recognize it (Usually saids Unknown Device, and when trying to update it, it says it's on the latest version). Did KFU, said it didn't see the device. But TWRP installed and it just booted for the first time in MONTHS! I love you.
Thank you everyone else who help!
I'm rooting a kindle, and some weird things happened while I was rooting it, problems with rooting on Windows 8, But now that I have TWRP and FIREFIREFIRE installed, it won't let me boot to system. It flashes on and off of the shiny kindle Fire screen, then boots to TWRP. KFU says it is in Boot STatus 0x5003. Any help?
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You're in the recovery boot mode. Change it to normal boot mode using kfu.
a.k.a. Josepho1997
Merry Christmas
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Hello, sorry to bump an old thread, but when I tried to boot into normal boot mode, it tells me "The system cannot find the file specified." I have been stuck in this TWRP recovery mode for so long. Even when I get into Normal Boot mode, how do I get JellyBean installed so it loads that ROM? I have the Jellybean ROM files on the Kindle, which I can access via TWRP, but don't know how to install. HELP!!!
Well, right now I did a factory reset of the Kindle and I was able to get the KF back to it's defaults. I copied the Jellybean .zip file and gapps Jellybean .zip file to the root of the KF. I booted into Recovery Mode and I was finally able to see both .zip files when I clicked on Install. I thought I could do the Permanent Root now that I did the factory reset, but once I ran it under KFU, it would go through the process to install TWRP and then boot the KF into TWRP, but it doesn't look like it completed the root. How do I complete it?
In the meantime, I had went into Recovery Mode, went to Install and currently loading Jellybean onto the KF. I'm currently stuck at Verifiying partition sizes and it's been sitting there for a few minutes. How long does it take before it's updated to JB?
System Only boots to TWRP and KFU will not see kindle
I have a Kindle Fire 1... Not the HD when I got it in Dec of 2011 I got some help to get TWRP and CM7 Installed on it, and it worked great until a couple of days ago and now there is no help in the kindle fire room anymore so I was wondering if there is someone out there who would be willing to help me to get this to work again either through teamviewer or a Chat of some type, Gtalk, IRC anything at this point to get this to work again.
I have tried everything from a Hard reset, and KFU will not see it and I even tried a unbricking tool and that cannot find it either. Please help me out.
Thanks
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I have a Kindle Fire 1... Not the HD when I got it in Dec of 2011 I got some help to get TWRP and CM7 Installed on it, and it worked great until a couple of days ago and now there is no help in the kindle fire room anymore so I was wondering if there is someone out there who would be willing to help me to get this to work again either through teamviewer or a Chat of some type, Gtalk, IRC anything at this point to get this to work again.
I have tried everything from a Hard reset, and KFU will not see it and I even tried a unbricking tool and that cannot find it either. Please help me out.
Thanks
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What exactly is going on...spare no detail...
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Stuck booting into TWRP
Hello Forum Lords, I hope that I found the proper thread for my problem.
I was simply trying to install Cyanogemod 9 on my wifes replacement KF1 after the first KF1 suffered some sore of hardware malfunction and would no longer take a charge. Somehow, somewhere I went horribly wrong this time around. I got stuck at the KF1 logo and eventually I got it to boot, but only to recovery.
My predicament is this: My KF1 is stuck booting into TWRP. Device manager on Win Vista recognizes the KF1 as Android Composite ADB Interface. When I try to use the KFU to boot the device into Normal Mode it says "cannot find the drive specified".
At the KFU starting menu, it says ADB Status: Online, Boot Status: 0x5003.
My ultimate goal is to get this thing running Cyanogenmod again. I am painfully noob at all of this. Please speak as you would to an escaped chimp who will not let go of the keyboard and mouse.
Thank you, anybody
I think my 1st gen KF is stuck trying to boot to recovery. I was trying to restore back to stock from CM10.1. Downloaded the Amazon update 6.2.1 bin file, renamed it to update.zip, booted into TWRP recovery, tried to flash and it failed (several times). After some research, I found that the fix for this was to downgrade TWRP to v2.2.2.1 (I was on 2.6.0.0 or something like that). I tried several methods for doing that and it wouldn't take, even though it looked like flashing the TWRP v2.2.2.1 finished successfully. So finally I found a method (thanks to XDA's wonderful developers) to install CWM. Finally was able to get it to boot into CWM recovery, tried flashing the update.zip again, and all went through successfully. However, when I rebooted it was stuck at the Kindle Fire logo screen. Tried rebooting several times...nothing. AFter more research, found that the bootmode was incorrectly set so I tried to change the bootmode to recovery (which failed miserably)...now I'm stuck on the Kindle Fire logo screen. Seems like it is trying to boot to stock recovery but can't get there. Now none of my computers will recognize it at all. Is there anything I can do to unbrick this? I've tried just about every method I can get my hands on but without the computer recognizing it, not sure what else I can do.
Any help would be GREATLY appreciated. This is my 8-year old son's Kindle!
Thanks,
caseym
caseym said:
I think my 1st gen KF is stuck trying to boot to recovery. I was trying to restore back to stock from CM10.1. Downloaded the Amazon update 6.2.1 bin file, renamed it to update.zip, booted into TWRP recovery, tried to flash and it failed (several times). After some research, I found that the fix for this was to downgrade TWRP to v2.2.2.1 (I was on 2.6.0.0 or something like that). I tried several methods for doing that and it wouldn't take, even though it looked like flashing the TWRP v2.2.2.1 finished successfully. So finally I found a method (thanks to XDA's wonderful developers) to install CWM. Finally was able to get it to boot into CWM recovery, tried flashing the update.zip again, and all went through successfully. However, when I rebooted it was stuck at the Kindle Fire logo screen. Tried rebooting several times...nothing. AFter more research, found that the bootmode was incorrectly set so I tried to change the bootmode to recovery (which failed miserably)...now I'm stuck on the Kindle Fire logo screen. Seems like it is trying to boot to stock recovery but can't get there. Now none of my computers will recognize it at all. Is there anything I can do to unbrick this? I've tried just about every method I can get my hands on but without the computer recognizing it, not sure what else I can do.
Any help would be GREATLY appreciated. This is my 8-year old son's Kindle!
Thanks,
caseym
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I'm having exactly the same issue on my Kindle Fire. I just recently got it from a friend; it seemed to be bricked, but the friend stated that he had never tried modifying the stock OS. I was able to use KFU to install the most up-to-date version of TWRP, but not FFF; I wanted to get it to stock before doing any additional hacking. That version of TWRP booted without any issues.
As OP mentioned, the most up-to-date version of TWRP has issues with installing the current version of the Amazon software. So, I tried downloading a copy of TWRP 2.2.2.1 (attached) and used KFU to install it, by extracting recovery.img, renaming it to twrp.img, and dropping it in KFU's /recovery/ folder.
Since then, I've seen the same symptoms as OP. The Fire boots to the Kindle Fire bootscreen, with no animation. It's not detected at all by any computer I attach it to. Windows doesn't chime or show it in Device Manager and KFU and adb don't see it. I also tried setting up FireKit, but none of the tools in that package are able to see it.
I'm going to test to see if this persists after depleting the battery for a while. I do not have a fastboot cable to test with, but I'm open to opening the case if you guys think that'll help get it back up and running.
Update; I was able to use the shorting trick to put it into OMAP boot mode and install FFF and TWRP, as well as reset the boot mode using Firekit. Firekit also installs TWRP 2.0, which is able to restore the stock Kindle Fire firmware.
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Update; I was able to use the shorting trick to put it into OMAP boot mode and install FFF and TWRP, as well as reset the boot mode using Firekit. Firekit also installs TWRP 2.0, which is able to restore the stock Kindle Fire firmware.
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OK...can you explain what you mean by the "shorting trick"? The battery on mine has been dead for about a day and a half. I had the case open the other day but didn't really do anything. What do I need to do?
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caseym
caseym said:
OK...can you explain what you mean by the "shorting trick"? The battery on mine has been dead for about a day and a half. I had the case open the other day but didn't really do anything. What do I need to do?
Thanks,
caseym
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First, get the Kindle charged. Then, boot to Ubuntu and set up FireKit (link above). Then, with the back cover off, hook the Kindle up to the computer. It'll power up, but hold down the power button to shut it off immediately.
Once you've done that, run the "usb_install_fff_twrp" script from Terminal. It'll say that its waiting for an OMAP device. Here's where the shorting comes in. Short the pad circled in the picture in this post to the metal frame around the CPU:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19762674&postcount=51
Then, keeping it shorted, press the power button.
Firekit should see the device over USB now, and write the appropriate settings. Once booted to TWRP, you should be able to install the stock firmware from /sdcard/.
It might take a couple tries, but keep trying. I used a continuity tester with an LED in it to make sure I had shorted that pad correctly.
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First, get the Kindle charged. Then, boot to Ubuntu and set up FireKit (link above). Then, with the back cover off, hook the Kindle up to the computer. It'll power up, but hold down the power button to shut it off immediately.
Once you've done that, run the "usb_install_fff_twrp" script from Terminal. It'll say that its waiting for an OMAP device. Here's where the shorting comes in. Short the pad circled in the picture in this post to the metal frame around the CPU:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19762674&postcount=51
Then, keeping it shorted, press the power button.
Firekit should see the device over USB now, and write the appropriate settings. Once booted to TWRP, you should be able to install the stock firmware from /sdcard/.
It might take a couple tries, but keep trying. I used a continuity tester with an LED in it to make sure I had shorted that pad correctly.
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Well it worked the first time. I was able to get it to boot and the FireKit utility installed TWRP and I was able to flash the stock rom. After doing that, I disconnected the USB cable and the KIndle immediately shut off and I can't get it to turn back on. What did I do wrong?! Is it fried or something?
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Well it worked the first time. I was able to get it to boot and the FireKit utility installed TWRP and I was able to flash the stock rom. After doing that, I disconnected the USB cable and the KIndle immediately shut off and I can't get it to turn back on. What did I do wrong?! Is it fried or something?
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I'm afraid I've got nothing for you at this point. Hopefully someone more knowledgeable than I can sound off.
I've beeing trying to restore back to root without any luck..
1. I've tried the following link, but I get the blaze issue shown in the second link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1399072
2. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1454241&page=3
My understanding is this is due to my version of TWRP that was installed with FFF initially and so I needed to downgrade to an older version, but I haven't been able to.
3. I've tried this: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1437xi8EnV2TLN33TNSjE_r_XWJTfAOq58Y_Vt6eps9U/edit?pli=1
I had found some better instructions, but can't find that original link.
So step 3 looks like the best possiblity, but when it boots to fastboot, the kindle gets stuck at the blue kindle fire logo. I press the power button and change the boot again, but that seems to kick out of fastboot. ADB just sits there waiting for device after that.
4. I've tried this also, but after installing smirkit 2.8, i get a "the application smirkit (process com.cydeon.smirkit) has stopped unexpectly, please try again). I've tried multiple times without any luck.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1399072&highlight=blaze&page=8
Any help would be greatly appreciated!